Planter



(No Model.)

P. M. HAINES. 'PLANTBR.

No. 451,819. Patented May 5,1891.

UNITED STATES FRED. M. llAINES, OF FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,819, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed February 14, 1891. Serial No. 381,479. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED. M. HAINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Fairfield, in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked Eh'ereon, which form a part of this specificaion.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in planters; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved device of this character wherein the parts shall be simple, cheap, and durable and not liable to get out of order and in which the seed or fertilizer shall be evenly distributed, and in which simple provision shall be made for the regulation of the amount of material deposited. I provide a pusher acting horizontally in the hopper and actuated from the wheel of the machine. I provide a spreaderplate upon the under side of the device, which serves'to spread the material and which also serves as a guide for the reciprocating arm which operates the pusher within the hopper. I provide a simple and novel means of regulating the amount delivered from the hopper. I improve generally upon this class of devices and render the same more complete and efficient in operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The novelty in the present instance resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine with parts broken away. Fig.

2 is a vertical section through the hopper. Fig. 3 is a rear view.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the frame and B the handles.

0 is the hopper, which is supported on the frame, and a is the cross-bar which connects the handles. This hopper has sloping sides and a bottom whichis provided with a longitudinal channel I), from the bottom of the rear end of which extends a Vertical or subtantially vertical opening 0, which extends to the under side of the frame. The forward part of this channel is covered'within thehopper by a plate 0, beneath which the pusherarm D works. This pusher-arm carries at its rear end a pusher or block D, which serves to push the material toward the rear of the said channel and into the vertical dischargeopening. The pusher-arm extends through an opening in the forward end of the hopper and has pivotally connected thereto an arm E,whicl1is pivoted on a horizontal pivot near the center of its length, and its lower end, which extends through a longitudinal slot in the tongue, is pivotally connected with the longitudinal arm G, which is pivotally connected with the crank-arm e on the shaft or axle of the wheel H, as shown. The shaft of this wheel is supported in the arm I, whichis bifurcated and has the Wheel working between the bifurcations thereof, the said arm I being pivotally connected at its forward end with a lug or bracket f, depending from the frame, the said arm I being guided in its vertical movements by the guide-arm g, which depends from the frame of the machine. The operation of this part of the device will be readily understood. As the wheel revolves it causes the pusher-arm and pusher to reciprocate and thus push the material in the hopper toward the rear end of the channel, where it falls through the vertical opening provided therefor.

Upon the under side of the frame or tongue beneath the lower end of the vertical discharge-opening in the bottom of the hopper is a spreader-plate L, which consists of asuitable piece of metal inclined toward the front of the machine and formed upon its upper face with a central ridge Z, which is beneath the vertical opening in the bottom of the hopper, so that as the material falls thereuponit is spread. or deflected toward both sides of the spreader, and thus not all thrown into a heap. The forming of this central ridge upon the upper face leaves a central depression upon the under side, and this depression forms a guide for the arm G in its movement, as will be seen from Fig. 8.

Upon the rear end of the hopper I form vertical guides 0, in which is designed to work the cut-off O, which enters the rear end of the hopper and controls the discharge through the vertical opening therein. This out-off is operated as follows: Pivoted to the rear end of the hopper, at one corner, on a pivot'p is an arm P, which is of peculiar shape. It is bent with one portion extending substantially horizontally and forming a handle by which it may be operated, and the other portion extending at an angle thereto and having connected to its free end a vertical arm Q, which is connected with the cut-off, as shown. This form of arm permits me to arrange the cut-off lever at the rear end of the hopper with its handle portion,where it may be easily operated by the attendant between the handles.

The parts are simple, cheap of construction, and in practice the device has proved most efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

hat I claim as new is l. The combination, with the hopper and the pusher-arm operated from the wheel H, of the spreader upon the under side of the machine and forming a guide for the arm connecting the wheel with the pusher-arm, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hopper having a vertical discharge-openin g, of the cut-01f working in vertical guides on the hopper, and the bent arm havinga horizontal portion and a portion extending upward at an angle therefrom, and said inclined portion pivoted on the hopper and pivotally connected with the cut-off and arranged convenient to the handles of the machine, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. M. HAINES. Witnesses:

HENRY (J. ToWNsEND, Louis M. HoYT. 

